Ueda Castle

Ueda Castle was the original home of the Sanada clan, built by daimyo Masayuki Sanada, and is located in present-day Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

History
Ueda Castle was built in 1583 in Kozuke Province by the Sanada clan's daimyo Masayuki Sanada in what is now Nagano Prefecture, Japan. The castle was the home of the Sanada, and it was only two years old when the Tokugawa castle laid siege to it in 1585 during the Sengoku Jidai. With only 1,200 troops, the Sanada repelled 7,000 Tokugawa troops led by the daimyo Ieyasu Tokugawa himself, and in 1600 the Sanada succeeded in repelling another Tokugawa assault on the castle. After the Battle of Sekigahara, however, the Tokugawa-loyal Nobuyuki Sanada was given his father's castle and razed it on Ieyasu's orders, moving to Matsushiro Castle. Tadamasa Sengoku started rebuilding the castle in 1622, and the castle was restored to an incomplete copy of its former self.